2013–14 USHL season

2013–14 USHL Season
2013–14 USHL Season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 20, 2013 – April 5, 2014
Number of games	60
Number of teams	16
Regular season
Anderson Cup	Waterloo Black Hawks
Season MVP	Brandon Montour (Waterloo Black Hawks)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Jason Pawloski (Ice)
Finals champions	Indiana Ice
Runners-up	Waterloo Black Hawks
USHL seasons
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 USHL season is the 35th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 20, 2013, to April 5, 2014.^[1] The regular season champion Waterloo Black Hawks were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champion Indiana Ice captured the Clark Cup.

Regular season

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes
x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title

Eastern Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM
y-Indiana Ice	60	42	11	7	91	233	141	856
x-Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	35	21	4	74	195	183	754
x-Dubuque Fighting Saints	60	33	23	4	70	201	186	957
x-Green Bay Gamblers	60	30	24	6	66	183	176	997
Muskegon Lumberjacks	60	30	25	5	65	190	212	1024
Team USA	60	30	25	5	65	246	233	1055
Chicago Steel	60	29	27	4	62	179	195	1025
Youngstown Phantoms	60	17	37	6	40	172	230	1212

Western Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM
z-Waterloo Black Hawks	60	44	11	5	93	240	153	687
x-Omaha Lancers	60	39	14	7	85	213	141	1016
x-Sioux City Musketeers	60	38	19	3	79	202	157	1169
x-Sioux Falls Stampede	60	34	19	7	75	197	175	1132
Lincoln Stars	60	24	28	8	56	175	219	1474
Des Moines Buccaneers	60	20	32	8	48	154	208	1326
Tri-City Storm	60	21	35	4	46	153	217	1062
Fargo Force	60	14	39	7	35	122	229	1275

Players

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; PTS = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus Rating; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Jake Randolph	Omaha Lancers	60	26	60	86	35
Kyle Connor	Youngstown Phantoms	56	31	43	74	12
Tyler Vesel	Omaha Lancers	49	33	38	71	22
Scott Conway	Indiana Ice	57	33	35	68	49
Peter Krieger	Waterloo Black Hawks	60	26	41	67	18
Andrew Poturalski	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	27	37	64	28
Matt Iacopelli	Muskegon Lumberjacks	58	41	22	63	47
Nick Schmaltz	Green Bay Gamblers	55	18	45	63	16
Brandon Montour	Waterloo Black Hawks	60	14	48	62	36
Liam Pecararo	Waterloo Black Hawks	54	20	41	61	14

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals Allowed; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage

Player	Team	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	SO	GA	GAA	SV%
Hayden Hawkey	Omaha Lancers	33	1901	22	6	3	3	63	1.99	0.926
Hayden Stewart	Dubuque Fighting Saints/Indiana Ice	27	1574	17	8	4	5	56	2.13	0.919
Cole Bruns	Omaha Lancers	30	1720	17	8	4	7	65	2.27	0.917
Collin Olson	Team USA	23	1231	14	4	1	2	47	2.29	0.921
Jason Pawloski	Indiana Ice	42	2443	25	8	4	0	100	2.46	0.904

Post Season Awards

All-USHL First Team

Pos	Name	Team	Notes
G	Hayden Hawkey	Omaha	Goaltender of the Year; All Rookie Team
D	Brandon Montour	Waterloo	Player of the Year; Defenseman of the Year
D	Tucker Poolman	Omaha
F	Kyle Connor	Youngstown
F	Scott Conway	Indiana
F	Matt Iacopelli	Muskegon
F	Jake Randolph	Omaha	Forward of the Year

All-USHL Second Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Cal Petersen	Waterloo
D	Mark Friedman	Waterloo
D	Alexx Privitera	Dubuque
F	Jack Eichel	Team USA
F	Peter Krieger	Waterloo
F	Tyler Vesel	Omaha

All Rookie Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Hayden Hawkey	Omaha
D	Charlie Curti	Cedar Rapids
D	Hayden Shaw	Waterloo
D	Tim Shoup	Indiana
F	Robby Jackson	Chicago
F	Tyler Sheehy	Waterloo
F	Denis Smirnov	Indiana

Clark Cup Playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals (Best of 5)			Conference Finals (Best of 5)			Clark Cup Championship (Best of 5)

1	Indiana	3

4	Green Bay	1
			1	Indiana	3
Eastern Conference
			3	Dubuque	0
3	Dubuque	3

2	Cedar Rapids	1
						E1	Indiana	3

						W1	Waterloo	2
2	Omaha	1

3	Sioux City	3
			1	Waterloo	3
Western Conference
			3	Sioux City	1
4	Sioux Falls	0

1	Waterloo	3

Conference semifinals

Note 1: All times are local.

Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary.

Note 3: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(1) Indiana Ice vs. (4) Green Bay Gamblers

April 11	Indiana Ice		2 – 0	Green Bay Gamblers	Pan American Arena
No scoring		First period		No scoring
7:24 - Patrick Newell (1) 14:05 - Patrick Newell (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Hayden Stewart (22 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Jared Rutledge (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 12	Indiana Ice		5 – 6	Green Bay Gamblers	Pan American Arena
No scoring		First period		Gavin Stoick (1) - 10:44 Connor Hurley (1) - pp - 19:49
1:32 - Patrick Newell (3)		Second period		Nick Schmaltz (1) - 6:39 Connor Hurley (2) - pp - 15:57
1:55 - pp - Matt Roy (1) 11:58 - Sam Kurker (1) 18:38 - pp - Aidan Muir (1) 19:08 - Matt Roy (2)		Third period		Matthew Weis (1) - pp - 16:14 Ryan Lough (1) - en - 17:48
Hayden Stewart (11 saves / 15 shots) Jason Pawloski (4 saves / 5 shots)		Goalie stats		Jared Rutledge (39 saves / 44 shots)

April 17	Green Bay Gamblers		0 – 1	Indiana Ice	Resch Center
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Denis Smirnov (1) - 8:31
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jared Rutledge (31 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Jason Pawloski (12 saves / 12 shots)

April 18	Green Bay Gamblers		0 – 1	Indiana Ice	Resch Center
No scoring		First period		Mitch Hults (1) - pp - 13:19
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jared Rutledge (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Jason Pawloski (22 saves / 22 shots)

Indiana wins series 3 – 1

(2) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (3) Dubuque Fighting Saints

April 11	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		1 – 2	Dubuque Fighting Saints	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
7:18 - Dylan Steman (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Phil Boje (1) - 3:06
No scoring		Third period		Karson Kuhlman (1) - 0:34
Danny Tirone (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Reich (17 saves / 18 shots)

April 12

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

6 – 5

Dubuque Fighting Saints

Cedar Rapids Ice Arena

April 18

Dubuque Fighting Saints

1 – 0

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

Mystique Ice Center

April 19

Dubuque Fighting Saints

7 – 3

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

Mystique Ice Center

Dubuque wins series 3 – 1

Western Conference

(2) Omaha Lancers vs. (3) Sioux City Musketeers

April 12	Omaha Lancers		3 – 4	OT	Sioux City Musketeers	Ralston Arena
4:23 - pp - Jimmy Schuldt (1)		First period			Brock Boeser (1) - 0:47
No scoring		Second period			Brandon Hawkins (1) - 8:45 Avery Peterson (1) - 13:07
11:53 - Jake Randolph (1) 16:21 - Brendan Smith (1)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Avery Peterson (2) - 1:49
Hayden Hawkey (25 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Hayton (40 saves / 43 shots)

April 13

Omaha Lancers

1 – 2

Sioux City Musketeers

Ralston Arena

April 18

Sioux City Musketeers

3 – 4

OT

Omaha Lancers

Tyson Events Center

April 19

Sioux City Musketeers

4 – 2

Omaha Lancers

Tyson Events Center

Sioux City wins series 3 – 1

References

^ "USHL Standings". Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

External links

Official website of the United States Hockey League

[1] "USHL Standings". Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

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